2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 24
Ra Shaya Kyle
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Marion HS
- Hometown:
- Marion, Ind.
Bio
Overview
2023-24, Senior Season
- Entering her third season as a Gator in 2024 after playing at Purdue for two years
- In the 2023-24 season she had a double-double in 50% of contests played
- Led Florida with the highest field goal percentage in her junior and senior year
- Was recognized as a McDonald's All-America nominee
- Five-star athlete, No. 5 center in the nation, No. 36 overall player, and a rating of 97 by ESPN
- Logged double digit points in six consecutive games to open the season
- Recorded a career high 25 points against Tulane (Nov.28)
- Has posted 16 double-doubles on the season and 28 in her UF career
- Tallied five consecutive double-doubles
- Earned 20+ points in five outings
- Second leading scorer for Florida averaging 14.2 points per game
- Leading rebounder for the Gators with 8.7 per game
- Recorded 1000 career points (Jan.30)
- Logged a season high 13 rebounds vs. Alabama (Jan. 2)
- Secured 638 total rebounds in her three seasons at Florida
- Sealed 32 double digit outings on the season
- Led in scoring 12 times this season and 19 in her total career
2023-24, Senior Season
- Closed out the season averaging 12.4 points, and 9.2 rebounds in 14 games played
- Recorded seven double-doubles in 14 games played
- Garnered one or more blocks in 10 of 14 games played
- Led Florida's roster with a 58.1 FG percentage
- Recorded a season-high 18 points vs. Columbia
- Scored in double-digits for 79% of contests played
- Documented a career-high five assists at Georgia Tech (Nov. 29)
- Tied a career-high with two steals at Gardner-Webb on Dec. 17
- Season ended early due to injury at Vanderbilt
- Played in 31 games for the Gators starting in 27 of them
- Averaged 20.5 minutes a game over the course of the season
- Recorded an average of 9.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game
- Snagged 5 double-doubles for the Gators
- Accumulated a total of 291 points over the course of the season
- Led the team with the highest field goal percentage standing at 48.9%
- Threw up a total of 225 shots from the field, going 110-of-225
- Shot 70.3% from the free throw line going 71-of-101
- Season high in single game scoring was 17 points against Arkansas (Jan. 5)
- Sunk 8 free throws against LSU for a season high at the charity line
- Accumulated and led the team with 188 rebounds for the Gators
- Grabbed the most defensive rebounds for the team with a total of 136
- Season high in rebounding was 17 against Texas A&M (Feb. 2)
- Played in and started first nine games of the season, before a nagging injury kept her off the court the rest of the year
- Averaged 11 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game over 19.3 minutes per night
- Shot 54.9% from the field
- Posted first two career double-doubles, first coming with 15 points and 10 rebounds against Marshall on Nov. 22
- Added a 13-point, 10-rebound outing against Florida State on Nov. 27
- Hit double figures in scoring in five games with a pair of 10-plus-rebound outings
- Turned away a trio of shots in back-to-back games against Illinois State on Nov. 17 and Dayton on Nov. 20
- Played a career-high 28 minutes against Florida State on Nov. 27
- Came off the bench in all 23 appearances
- Averaged 5.3 points and 3.8 rebounds in 11.3 minutes per game
- Shot 57.3% from the field
- Went 27-54 at the line, the fourth-most free throws on the team and attempted the third most
- Grabbed a rebound every three minutes of floor time
- One-of-three freshmen from the Big Ten to record 30 offensive rebounds
- Ranked fifth among freshmen in the nation with a defensive rebounding percentage of 25.3% and 10th with a 18.9% total rebounding percentage
- Made debut against North Alabama on Nov. 29 to go for 16 points and nine rebounds, nearly recording a double-double
- Nine boards in opener were second most by a rookie debut since 1998-99
- Finished in double figures twice
- Led the team in rebounding twice and blocks 12 times
- Four-year letterwinner at Marion High School under Lawrence Jordan
- Named McDonald's All-America nominee
- Tabbed to the Indiana Miss Basketball Midseason Top-10
- IBCA Senior Supreme 15 and All-State selection in 2020
- IBCA Large School All-State in 2019 and 2020
- IBCA Honorable Mention Underclass All-State in 2018
- Tabbed AP First Team All-State in 2020 and Honorable Mention All-State in 2019
- Named First Team All-North Central Conference in 2019 and 2018
- No. 5 center in the nation, No. 36 overall player and rating of 22 by Dan Olson Girls Basketball Report
- No. 7 center in the nation, No. 43 overall player and a four-star athlete by Prospect Nation
- Five-star athlete, No. 5 center in the nation, No. 36 overall player and a rating of 97 by ESPN HoopGurlz
- Picked as an Indiana Senior All-Star
- Named to Indiana Junior All-Star team
- Won the 2018 regional title at Marion, finishing the season in semi-state against Northwestern and Madison Layden
- Closed career with 1,816 points on a 52% clip from the field
- One of the top-100 scorers in IHSAA history
- Recorded 1,021 rebounds and 259 blocks in career
- Tallied 627 points as a senior to rank 31st in the nation, while hauling down 314 rebounds
- Set a Marion High School record with 50 points against Southwood on Jan. 8, 2020
- One of 47 players in state history to score 50 or more points in a game, a list that includes Purdue greats Stephanie White, MaChelle Joseph, Cindy Lamping and Jodi Howell
WBIT: Coach Gardner, McGill and Reynolds Press Conference 3-31-25
Monday, March 31
WBIT: Coach Gardner, McGill and Reynolds Press Conference 3-30-25
Sunday, March 30
WBIT: Coach Finely, Kyle and McGill
Thursday, March 27
Florida at UNLV Presser Finley and Warren
Monday, March 24
